Tuesday, May 25, 2010

2009 crime data released

Preliminary figures indicate that, as a whole, law enforcement agencies throughout the Nation reported a decrease of 5.5 percent in the number of violent crimes brought to their attention for 2009 when compared with figures reported for 2008. The violent crime category includes murder, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. The number of property crimes in the United States in 2009 decreased 4.9 percent when compared with data from 2008. Property crimes include burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft. Arson is also a property crime, but data for arson are not included in property crime totals.

I've had trouble trying to figure out the same thing. Based upon what the UCR and NIBRS publications say, it seems as though it depends upon which law enforcement agency (local/state or military) reported the incident.

Plato, there have to be crimes for someone to be falsely accused of them. If the wrong person is accused by the state between 1.4 and 3.3 percent of the time, that is indeed a lot of innocent people.

And 7:08, crime's going down everywhere and states that incarcerate less have seen crime reductions as great or greater than Texas. So if you like paying more for the same or worse results, you're welcome to tout that alternative, but there's a reason such puerile views are typically offered anonymously.

here is my two cents , if the state is in a budget crisis a all programs are being cut including Police officers , Then with the less enforcement of course there will be less Crime , Less reported and know about.(example) Just like those dead gang members at the bottom of the oil wells in Odessa Texas.

Huh? did I read that right? Dallas/Ft.Worth totals 2 million and Houston only totals 2.3 million? Did they count that looking from the east side of Houston? This is a region extending over several counties, now, and you can't tell where one stops and the other ends. Still, H had 287 murders to D/FW 200? Well, ouch, maybe we need coppers guarding instead of raising revenue from traffic stops.

Besides looking at the school-cop revenue raisers, we also need to look at illegal-alien numbers, which rarely are brought out for more than a soundbite. I recently saw an article for CA which put the number very high. I'd expect a margin of error on such a count, but any general number should be heavily publicized nationally, to help wake folks up to what they can look forward. This State gov has become so fake, so reelect-me, and the politicians have such huge financial backers it's really becoming Chicago. Rick "Rod" Perry wants to be president, so he'll keep shilling for the Republicans against the citizens. Scary stuff.

I hear 'ya on the ticketing of "crimes" in the public schools. My current favorite example (from some recent testimony before a legislative committee) is a school district issuing a high number of citations, half of which were for "not doing homework".

I believe it was Abraham Lincoln who said that what we teach in our schools today will be reflected in our government of tomorrow.

It makes me fear what I'm in for when I get to the nursing home and the G (Gulag) Generation is in charge!

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